Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

<{' o r----- -- - - -- - - - - -- - -- - -- - - - -- ---, z I~ U o a:: c, iuJ o !~ ~ > I!::! .::!: l~ !Xl o I~ .:r >- o :r ll.. e, Marco Polo (45), Jim Keeton (behind Polo) and Melvin Tremain battle at the Marion County M .C.'s CVRG MX in Marshall. California. Second-place finisher Marty Estes (94X) heads the 250cc Beginner cl ass early in the race at the CRC Golden Bear GP in Perris. First Novice Zah rt went virt ua lly un ch all en ged for th e class wi n . H ow ever , th e battle in th e Nov ice class wa s betw een Ehrp and Sell er s, as th e two di ced th e remaining laps of th e race Ehrp narrowl y held off Sell ers a t th e fin ish . By lap seven Peter son had o pened up a sizeab le lead ov er Rice, while third overall rider, Smith had closed th e ga p o n Ri ce. Pet er son to ok first o vera II Women s Expert with Smith winning th e Womens Am at eur class with th e remain ing riders in th eir respective places. First Novice went to Zahrt with Ehrp less than 50 yards behind h er. Third Novice Sellers finished less th an 10 yards behind Ehrp. Results P/w A: 1. Robby Hammond (Yaml . P/w B: 1. Ma thew Pickeri ng (Yam); 2. Josh Dohewty (Yam); 3. Sean Pickering (Yam). 60 O·B: 1. Robby Hammo nd (Kaw); 2. Jason Shirey (Kawl . 60 9·11 : 1. Steve Mengeveld (Kaw); 2. Travis Pres ton; 3. Danny Woodard (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Scan Gray : 2. Owen Dickson (Yam); 3. Jason Simmons (Kaw ). 80 NOV: 1. Eric Chavira; 2. Jeff Ratzlaff (Honl ; 3. Grant Gaspar . WMN NOV: 1. Tina Zahrt (Kaw ); 2. Kathy Jo Ehrp (Han); 3. Angie Sellers (Han). WMN INT: 1. Mindy Sm ith (Kaw); 2. Julie Putm an (Han); 3. Lor i Hedstrom (Yam). WMN EX: 1. Lisa Pet erson (Han); 2. Taini Rice (Yam); 3. Tarnvra Tracy (Han). SR BEG: 1. Gary Enoch. SR NOV: 1. Jerry Hanson ; 2. Jim Cooke (Han); 3. Bruce Cornel l. SR INT: 1. J ack All en (Yam); 2. Ray Wr ight (Kaw ). SR EX: 1. Jim Ellenberg er (Kaw); 2. Robert Mennell; 3. Bi ll Denn is (Han). VET BEG: 1. Mi chael Rochester (Han); 2. Randy Strickl in (Kaw); 3 . Nick Civello. VET NOV: 1. Frank M ieray ( Yam~; 2. Rick Robert s (Yam); 3. Jeff M inderhout. VET INT: 1. Mark Raiche (Suz); 2. James DeGaine (Kaw); 3. Ken Dickson (Han). VET EX: 1. Terry Davis (Han); 2. Ken Ehlers (Yaml ; 3. Jame s S. Hanson (Han). , 25 .BEG; 1. Ryan Carlisle (Kaw); 2. Jamie Morgandge (Suz ); 3. Ryan Johnson (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Bill Sauro (Yam); 2. Marty Estes (Suz); 3. Br ian Thi ens (Suz). 500 BEG: 1. Michael Rochester; 2. Rodney Skaggs; 3. Greg Pursley (Kaw). 125 NOV: L Dan ny Laumbach; 2. Darw in Gray (Han); 3. EddIe Subias (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Chris Leiker (Yam); 2. Mark Gray (Han); 3. Bobby Penalosa. 500 NOV: 1. Rich Calla han (Han); 2. Ron Gi lbert (Han); 3. David Delang. 12 5 1 NT; 1. Ron M owry; 2. James DeGai ne (Kaw); 3 . Tim Pappas (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Skip Godin ez (Kaw); 2. Doug All en (Ho n); 3 . Pat Purnell (Hon). 500 INT: 1. Mi ke Sulli van; 2. Kelly Doyle (Han); 3. John Pack (Han I. 125 PRO; 1. Buddy Mo rgan (Han); 2. Rich Truchinski (Ho n); 3 . Bren Du n ca n (Yam ). 25 0 PRO; 1. Jon 2ahrt (Han); 2. Rod Richardson; 3. Bill Scan (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Brad Mc Leod (Han); 2. Ron M alon e (Yam); 3. Neil Sum mers (Yam). . Cook smokes 'em in Cheyenne MX By larry Johnson CHEYENNE, WY, APR. 27 O ver 35 motocrossers co nve rged on Cheyenne today for th e first SRAC event here this seaso n. And everyo ne wh o had to compete aga ins t Stacey Co ok wondered what it is going to tak e to cat ch th e Grand Juncti on spee dster. He won a ll four or his m o tos , two each in th e 125 and 250cc Pro s. He had now won all five 125cc overalls and four of five 250cc overalls. H e annihi la ted th e 125s, winning by 18and II -second margins. Albert Fire stine easi ly fi nished second both times while ' defe nding champ Tim Buchli had to work hard to claim third eac h round. Co ok found th e. go i ng a bit tou gher in th e 250 s. Defendin g cha m p Kip Sandell fough t o rr Cook 's pressure for seven laps. Co ok was sea rch in g desperately for a pl ace to pass and finally found it dropping off a jump leading to a ISO-degr ee left-hander. Cook s tayed o n th e throttle just a little lon ger a n d sq ueezed underneath in the turn for th e lead. H e graduall y stretched that o u t to four seco n ds at th e fini sh . Sandell fini shed well a hea d of Derek Brown , Jim Mitchell a n d Corey Cope. Cook nail ed th e lead ear ly in round two and never looked back. And that wa s where th e action wa s. Cope, Sandell and Mit ch ell co ntested second early on until Cope cras hed. Shortly aft er, Brown moved up to battle Sandell and Mitch ell and th en Sandell bailed hard. Brown p us hed Mitch ell all the way to th e chec kers, but never made the pass. Mit ch ell 's 4-2 co u nt j ust ni pped Bro wn 's 3-3 for seco nd overall. . Sandell had better lu ck in th e Open Pro s as he led ro u n d one from flag-to- flag. But the rnan on th e move was Dave New ell , who ga ted seventh. H e progressivel y moved up and finished on ly two sec o n d s behind Sandell. Sandell again holeshot moto two wi th Newell and Arlo En glund in tow. The threesome went fender-to- fen der Ior three laps before New ell cras hed . Newell qu ickl y remou n ted th ird, but wa s si x seco n ds orr th e pace. He immediately gave chase a nd o vertook Sa nde ll with just over a lap to go, th en quickl y pulled .away to th e win a nd overa ll. Results . 60 NOV: 1. Scan Baxter (Kaw); 2. Kurt Bratbe rg (Ka w); 3 . Br ian Jones (Kaw ). 60 AM : 1. Mi cah Moyes (Kawl. 80 NOV: 1. Tobey Hammond (Han); 2. Jeremy Walters (Suz); 3. M icah Moyes (Kaw). 80 AM : 1. Robbie McCoy (Han); 2. Eric Ricke (Kaw); 3. Jason Wr ight (Kawl. 80 EX; 1. Andy Atk ins (Yam); 2. Scan Fulcher (Kaw) . 12 5 NOV: 1. Josh Kellogg (Han); 2. Tim Stroh (Han); 3. Jeff Dressel (Han). 125 AM : 1. Robert Revoir (Kaw); 2. Todd J ust (Han); 3. Brian Levin (Kaw) . 125 PRO; 1. Stacey Cook (Han) ; 2. Albert Fire stine (Yam); 3. Tim Buch li (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Scan Pomeroy (Honl; 2. Skeeter Jacobso n [Kaw); 3. M ike M cGrew (Suz). 250 A M : 1. Dave Stermer (Suz); 2. Bri an Levin (Kaw); 3. Cedric Nafziger (Suz). 250 PRO, 1. Stacey Cook (Han); 2. J im M itchell (Suz); 3. Derek Brown (Kaw). OPEN NOV: 1. David Beavers (Han); 2. M ike Hain ey (Kaw ); 3. Dan Shockman (Hon). OPEN AM : 1. M ark Snow (Kaw); 2. Greg Cowan (Han ). OPEN PRO; 1. Dave New ell (Kaw); 2. Kip Sand ell (Yam); 3. A rlo Engl und (Yam). VET NOV: 1. Tom W ertz (Yam); 2. Tom Glu vna (Suz); 3. Ken Bow ers (Han). VET AM : 1. Chr is Leggere (Yaml ; 2. M ar k Anderson (Kaw): 3. Bobby Hancock (Kaw). VET EX: 1. Shaw n Smit h (Han); 2. Br uce Sass (Yam); 3. Bruc e Field (Han). SR NOV: 1. Dan Merriman (Han). SR AM : 1. Tom Hamm (Suz); 2. Paul Phelp s (Yam). SR EX: 1. Dave Wollaston (KTM); 2. Ed Perritcn (Hon); .2. Vic Barl ish (Yam). WMN : 1. Mary Johnson (Yam); 2. Marlen e Watson (Kaw). Marion County MC hostCVRGMX By Michael Green MARSHALL, CA, APR. 12 T he Marin Coun ty Motorcycle Club . p layed h ost to th e CVRG for ro u n d o ne o r its 1987 Historic Mot ocross Series a t Gambonini Ra nch near Na vat o, O ver 125 Vintage/Classi c en tries showed for th e one-day event. This first race of th e da y was a co m bina tion or three clas ses: Premi er Open Twins (pre-'65), Premier Singles a nd Sportsman Open Twins. As th e gr een fell on m oto one , Butch Cochran with a Chenny-Tri umph pulled th e hol esh ot to lead Matt Hilgenberg's Triump h, bu t Coc hran later dropped out. Vic Johnson , on a Norton Commando, was keeping Hilg enberg at close h and , while J erry Gerk on another Triumph followed. Now in fourth overall, but leading the P rem ier class was CVRG chairman (an d road racer) Fred Mork with his newly restored ESP 500 sing le , fo ll o we d cl o sel y by the Mat chless or Larry U ba ldi . During th e seco nd moto, things were a bit different. Cochran agam pulled th e hol esh ot , but this time ran away with th e p rogram putting o n a grea t show for everyone , slid ing th e bi g T riumph twin ro u n d every turn. H ilgenberg again followed suit, but was passed by Vic J ohnson's Norton in th e ea rly stages. Late in th e rac e, however , J ohnson sta lled hi s en gi ne at th e big hairpin. thus a llowing Hilgenberg and G erk to get by, leaving himself fourth, In th e Premier class. Uba ldi with his Matchless managed to get arou nd 'th e ESO of Mork and hold o n for th e win , though Mork was the first Am at eur. . Next up wa s th e Premier Lightweight 's (p re-'65, 250cc). This race was a race of '86 CV RG Champions. Durin g the first moto, CV RG secretary, Mike Green p ulled wha t loo ked to be the h ol eshot, tha t is un til h is WC BR-Ducati Scrambler missed a sh ift , th en it was J im Keeto n with a Cl.twin-pipe all the way. followed closely by R ick Nabors on another twin pipe, and Eri c Tucker with a WCB R-BSA C IS. As the race wore on, Keeton kept on pulling away from th e Nabors/Tu cker and Tucker/Nabors battle, with Tucker finall y co m ing o n top o f Naber's cz. Ed Czajka o n a Greeves 250 held down a lonely fourth. During moto two nothi ng much changed. Keeton again was first awa y, Iol low ed b y Nabors and Tucker. This tim e th e order would remain th e sa me a ll th e wa y to th e checkered flag. In l2 5cc Sportsman ac tio n, road racer Dav e Walden cl ean ed everyone's clock o n mot o-one, and' was thus bumped to ' Expert b y th e MCMA and CVRG. Ernie Cabral , on a Suzuki, took second p lace honors in both rnotos, while Ro ry Mu scatel l on a CRI25 H o nda took a third and firs t, for second overa ll. Mi ke Green with a WCB R Honda SLI25 was fourth overall and first Amateur. . lynch scores at Bakersfield ST By laura Tisinger BAKERSFIELD. CA, APR. 17 Yamaha -mounted Tommy Lynch wheelied to the win in the main event of th e the 250cc Pro class at Bakersfie ld Speedway's short track. Lynch bea t out motocrosser Jon

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